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E. E. SLICK. A

METAL CAR.

APPLICATION FILED NOI/.9. 1920.

`Reissued Apr. 18,1922; l 15 ,340.l

i UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.'

EDWIN E. SLICK, 0F WESTMONT BOROUGH, PENNSYLVANIA ASSIGNOE T0 WALTER '.P.

MURPHY, 0F NEW YORK, N. Y.

METAL can Specicaton of Reissued Letters 1atent.` .Reissued Apr. 18, 1922.

Original No. 1,292,899, dated January 28, 1919, Serial No. 233,132,1ed May 7, 1918. Application for reissue led November 9,

T o all whom zt 'may concern.'

Be it known that I, EDWIN E. SLICK, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of. the borough-of Westmont, in the county of Cambria and State of Pennsylvania, have made' certain new and useful Improvements in Metal Cars, of which the following is a specification.

My improvement relates to the construction of metal cars with particular reference to the side and end plates thereof, including ho per, gondola, box and other types of cars.

ne of the objects of my invention is to provide a car side plate or end plate of stiff, strong and substantial form without the use `offaddition'al stiifening pieces or separate side stakes secured to the car side, such as heretofore used in such constructions, and other objects of my invention will hereinafter appear.

W'ith these objects in view my invention consists generally of a car plate formed preferably by pressing a steel or other metal plate with a plurality of integral panels or corrugations whichwpreferably have sloping sides and sloping ends, the edge portions of the plate being preferably left flat for easeL of attaching to the other members of the car and to provide a tight junction at these portions.

In addition to providing an integral stiff and strong car plate in the manner described, without the addition of extra parts and the labo;` connected with the same, my plate with outpressed panels also provides a larger capacity in the car body, especially in hopper and gondola cars which carry bulk ladings such as coal, mineral, etc., all of which advantages result in economy and usefulness. u

Having thus given a" general description of my invention, I will now, in order to make the matter more clear, refer to the annexed sheet of drawings forming part of this specification and in which like characters refer to like parts.

Fig. 1 is a side elevation of one-half of a hopper car side illustrating my invention;

Fig, 2 is a longitudinal sectional elevation taken on the line II-II of Fig. 1, and

Fig. 3 is a vertical transverse sectional elevation taken on the line III- III of Fig. 1.

1920. Serial N0. 422,957.

Referring now to the various characters of reference on the drawings:

l is the side plate ofthe car ingeneral, which,.as illustrated, is preferably formed of a number of plates, 2 being onehalf of the central section, 3 the intermediate sectioii and 4 the end section, theend section being illustrated' as a flatplate, as this por- Y tion is comparatively short and may not re quii'e the integral stiiening provided on the other portions. These plates are provided with corrugations or panels, preferably formed by pressing from a flat plate, the central portions of the outstanding panels or corrugations being indicated as 5, the sloping sides thereof 6 and the slopin and somewhat curved ends are 7 and 8. hese panels may be pressed outwardly to any eX- tent desired, to make them as 'deep as necessary and, on account of the distance of the outer portions of the panel from the body of the plate, this provides a large amount of lateral strength and stiffness, thereby obviating the necessity for any applied side stakes, stiifening angles, or similar extraneous strengthening portions.'

Although I have shown the panels with sloping side and end portions and/substantially flat outei` faces and the oros/s section of the plate through the panels at right' yangles to their axes as being substantially "symmetrical about the center line of the panel, I wish it understood that I may make these panels of other forms such as of moreV nearly rectangular section, preferably with rounded corners or may make them more generally curved or of other shapes to meet the requirements of `stiffness and strength. It should also be noted that the panels of the intermediate plate are formed with sloping ends and of diiferent lengths and conformation corresponding with the slope of the bottom sheet of the hopper car. In order to complete the illustration, I also show the jroinder or splicing ofthe intermediate and lcenter plates by a lap joint, at 9, one of the Wardly, if "desired, and` the top of the plates is provided with an angle 12, shownv as a bulb angle, to act as the top chord memberof the side which, in service, func tions as a plate girder. 13 are rivet holes in the side plates for attachment of floor and hopperpplates on the inside of the 14 are rivet holes used for `securing cross braces' which extend from the side of the hopper carin the interior thereof. The side sub-sill indicated as a channel is 15, the splice or connecting plate for'same is 16, one

of the car end braces is 17 and the end sill,

shown as a channel, is 18,

f Although I have described and my invention in considerable detail, I do not Wish to be limited to the exact and specific 1 details thereof, as shown and described, but

may use such modifications in, substitution for, or equivalents thereof, as are embraced Within the., scope of my invention, or as pointed out in the claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In a metal car, a plate or plates pro- ,videdvvith a p luralityv of integral upright panels extending from same, the margins adjacent said panels being substantially flat and provided With flanged members riveted thereto to provide additional strength andl stiffness, thereby obviating the use of separate side stakes.

2. Inma metal car, a side composed of one.V

or more plates provided With a. plurality of integral upright panels extending therefrom', thereby obviating the use of separate side stakes, the sides and ends of the panels being sloping, the body of the plate and the outer faces of the panels being substantially flat and parallel, and flanged members secured to said plate at the top and bottom margins thereof to form chords.

3.,A metal car Wall composed of a single thickness of plate metal provided with a plurality of substantially parallel integral panels extending from and continuously across the same and terminating near opposite edges thereof, thereby obviating the use of additional stilfening pieces; the side and end portions of said panels gradually sloping and merging into the body portion, the margin and intermediate portions of the plate being substantially plane, the 'margins being provided with flanged members secured thereto for the purpose of strengthening and stiftening the construction. .i

4. A metal car Wall composed of a single thickness of plate metal provided `With a Aplurality of integralpanels extending therefrom of4 approximately rectangular outline with sloping sides and endV portions extend- #ring continuously across said Wall and terminating near oppositev edges thereof, and adapted to strengthen and stillen the same illustrated laterally, thereby obviating -useof additional stillening pieces, vthemarginand intermediate portions of said plate being substantially plane, the upper. and lower margins each provided With a rolled angle secured thereto, thereby rstrengthening and stiffening the plate girder side and acting in part as the chords thereof. s

5. A metalv car Wall composed of a single thickness y.of plate metal provided with a plurality of integral' panels projecting from and with their sides and ends sloping into the same and extending continuously across the Wall and terminating near opposite Aedges thereof, vthereby obviating the use of additional stiffening pieces, the centraly portions of the panels and the edge portions of said plate being plane and the latter being adapted to be vsecured to the car frame.. Y

6. A metal car Wall composed of a single thickness of plate metal provided with a plurality of integral approximately rectan-,

gular panels with planecentral portions and with sloping sides andends extending from said plate and continuously across the'wall and terminating near the edges thereof,

thereby obviating the use of additional stiffening pieces, the margins of the plate vbeing u plane.

.7. A metal `carV plate provided Vwith a plurality of vintegral upright panels extending therefrom thereby obviating theuse of separate side stakes, Said panels having sloping sides and end portions, the portions between said panels and the margins of the plate being substantially flat.

8. A metal car platey provided with a plurality-of integral upright panels with sloping side andend portions and substan-` tially flat outer portions, margins and intermedi'ate portions, thereby obviating the use of separate side stakes.

V9. A metal car plate, the body portion of which is flat and provided with a plurality of upright integral ypanelsextending from same, the sides'and ends of saidpanels slop-l ing to the body of the plate, thereby obviating the use of separate side stakes. y

10. 4A metal car Wall composed of a single thickness of plate metal provided with a plurality of outwardly extending integral panels of rectangular outline at the base and with sloping sides and end portions, and adapted to strengthen and stiften the plate laterally, thereby obviating the use of additional stilfening pieces, the margins and intermediate portions of said plate being sub-l stantially plane.

11. A metal car Wall composed of a single" thickness of plate metal provided With a plurality of substantially parallel integral projecting vpanels of substantially uniformy Width, extending continuously across the wall and terminating near opposite edges thereof, the side and end portions gradually llt) sloping and merging into the body portion,

lthe central portions of the panels, the inargins and intermediate portions of said plate Vbeing plane, thereby obviating llthe use of additional stitfening pieces.

' l2. A metal car wall'composed of a single thickness of plate metal provided with a plurality of integral panels of greater Width than depth projecting from and with their 10 sides and ends sloping into thesame, and exsignature. Y EDWIN E. SLICK. 

